Moving from Macbook to Linux

Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by trey-jones on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:58PM (#25164860)

I haven't felt out the general attitude in the comments. I expect it's a lot of Linux people vs. Apple people. And maybe it's appropriate. I would say Linux people should use Linux and Apple people should use Apple. No problem either way. If you're a Linux-curious Apple person, then perhaps you'll find some good information here. I think most of us are probably very, very specific about our technological tools, so this is a very personal decision, yes?

Personally I'm a Linux person that used a Macbook Pro as a daily driver for about 8 years. I still use the Macbook (2013) as a carry-home, but I started using a Linux desktop in the office about a year ago. For what I do (Linux sysadmin with developer tendencies), I like it much better, and this machine has 12 cores and 64GB of RAM and still cost about half of the top-end Macbook Pro of today. I chose Manjaro KDE for this, and I really like it a lot.

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Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by rfvrgvegbegn on Saturday November 21, 2020 @08:22AM (#25169601)

> I would say Linux people should use Linux and Apple people should use Apple. No problem either way.

You make it sounds like it's a simple as "take vanilla ice cream if you like vanilla and take chocolate if you like chocolate".

It's not, if you read the comments, you realize there's much more to the debate, it's about ethics, the future of computing, our societies, monopolies, privacy, independence, freedom, and much more.

From food to clothes to electronics, there is an ethical choice behind what you buy and we shouldn't reduce it to "pick your favorite color" without considering the monsters we are feeding by buying this or that product.

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